Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
Serving Hohenwald, Lewis County Tennessee Since 1898
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City of Hohenwald Police were called to a rollover crash on West Main Street Monday, March 28, around 2:45 p.m. A dump truck belonging to Rogers Group located in Perry County at the Tennessee River was hauling a load of sand travelling east when the right wheels of the vehicle left the right shoulder of the roadway in front of Lewis County High School and TCAT-Hohenwald, causing the vehicle to roll onto its side in the deep ditch line. Hohenwald Police Officers Michael Dunn and Travis Koch...
ACCIDENT ON ALLENS CREEK MONDAY - Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Philip Long and accident victim Steve Jones watch as Taylor's Wrecker Service owner Chuck Taylor backs up to begin recovering Jones' Ford F-150 from the shoulder after an accident Monday afternoon, February 7. The 911 office dispatched Lewis County Sheriff Department, Lewis County Fire and Rescue and Maury Regional EMS personnel to the 3:20 p.m. crash as the vehicle was teetering over the shoulder and a 20 foot drop. Afraid to...
A call to 911 Friday, January 22, at 1:26 p.m. sent Lewis County Sheriff deputies, Lewis County Fire and Rescue, Maury Medical Emergency Service and Tennessee Highway Patrol personnel to the 1200 block of Darbytown Road. Upon arrival they found a Toyota Camry on it's top. Trooper Tommy Bayless reported the driver, Frankie Lucille Turner, of Hohenwald, was accessed on ther scene and was not injured. Turner was travelling south on Darbytown and lost control in a curve. The Camry exited the left...
Police called to crash - Davin Skelton, of Hohenwald, crashed his GMC 4 door truck into a utility pole in the Tractor Supply parking lot Sunday, August 29, around 12 noon. Hohenwald Police Department Ben Moore worked the accident. Taylor's Wrecker Service removed the disabled vehicle. No injuries were reported....
Motorcycle versus dog - Justis Landers was travelling south on Piney Creek Road on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he said a dog walked into his path causing him to lose control and wreck in the 300 block. Landers was treated on the scene by Maury Regional Emergency Medical personnel for minor injuries. Lewis County Fire and Rescue assisted on the scene. Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Brandon Dixon worked the accident stating that Landers was test driving the bike registered to Dayton...
An accident was reported Saturday morning, July 31, 2021 just after 7 a.m. when two vehicles collided at 600 Buffalo Road. According to Hohenwald Police Department Sergeant Larry Joe Hinson, witnesses reported a female driver of a Pontiac Sunfire was passed out in the parking lot in her vehicle at Nick and Bubba's. They woke her up to let her know her vehicle was still in drive. The driver, Chandra Painter, 25, of Hohenwald, then left the parking lot in the vehicle driving south on Buffalo...
Emergency responders converged on the scene of a two vehicle head-on accident on Swan Avenue Friday, July 2, about 9:30 p.m. that occurred in front of the Lewis County Sheriff Department. Hohenwald Fire and Rescue extricated the driver of a Monte Carlo from Henderson County by removing the driver side door. The unidentified male was treated and transported to the helipad on West Main Street for transport to Nashville by air ambulance for further treatment. The second vehicle was a Ford Explorer...
William Birdsall, 79, was travelling south on Highway 48 North on Thursday, June 17 when he crossed over the center line and over-corrected. The 2006 Silverado then came back across the roadway before striking a guardrail. The vehicle overturned and landed on its top, coming to its final rest, read the preliminary report. Birdsall was pronounced dead on arrival. Maury Regional Emergency Medical Services, Hohenwald Fire Department and THP Officers Beckham and Bosheers responded to the...
On June 9, 2021 around 3:15 p.m., Kelsee J. Qualls, 22, of Nunnelly, was traveling northbound on Highway 48 in a 2008 Ford Focus when she exited the roadway to the right. She attempted to correct and hit a tree on her drivers side. Trooper James Watkins of the Tennessee Highway Patrol stated Qualls was wearing her seatbelt and there were no injuries. Lewis County Fire and EMS assisted at the scene. The vehicle was towed by Taylor's Wrecker Service....
On Thursday, June 17, 2021 a vehicle was traveling south on Highway 48 South in Hickman County, when the driver failed to negotiate a right curve, crossed the center line and exited the left roadway. The vehicle then struck a utility guideline pole, causing the vehicle to overturn. The accident scene stretched nearly 100 yards. Lewis County Fire and Rescue assisted Hickman County Rescue in extricating the driver out of the vehicle. According to Tennessee Highway Patrol investigating officer...
Presly Jade Burgett, 23, of Mt. Pleasant, was driving a 2007 Nissan Sentra on June 10, 2021 around 6:55 a.m. when she swerved to miss something in the road, causing her to exit the roadway and overturn. The wreck occurred on Cane Creek at Slippery Road. Trooper Steve Karpati of the Tennessee Highway Patrol reported that Burgett was wearing her seatbelt and there were no injuries....
On June 9, 2021, Brian Lay was traveling west on Buffalo Road, near Page Road, in a Ford pickup when he crossed the center line and exited the left roadway, traveled into a creek, then struck an embankment. Lay was wearing his seatbelt, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Karpati, and was transported by EMS to Maury Regional for minor injuries. Assisting at the scene were Lewis County Sheriff Deputies, Lewis County Fire and Rescue, and Maury Regional Emergency Medical personnel. Trooper Karpati stated charges are...
Hohenwald Police Officer Robbie Hooks said he heard the crash after a Honda Civic rear-ended a Buick Enclave at the intersection of South Maple and East Main Friday, June 4, about 1 p.m. As he approached the vehicles, Hooks said he could see the driver of the Civic shaking. Steven Hatfield of Centerville was travelling north on South Maple when he apparently suffered a seizure and rammed into the Buick stopped at the East Main traffic signal. The Buick received only minor damage and no...
A 2016 Kia Soul came to a sudden stop when it left the roadway and struck a tree while travelling east on South Ridge Road in the Lewis State Forest. Responders found the driver, Mia Ortiz, 18, out of the vehicle with unspecified injuries. A friend that stopped at the scene stated that Ortiz had left her South Ridge Road residence Monday, June 7, around 10 a.m. going to work. Lewis County Sheriff Deputies, Lewis County Fire and Rescue, and Maury Regional Emergency Medical personnel were...
TRUCK VS FIRE PLUG - First responders were called out Friday night, May 21, around 9 p.m. to a crash on Hinson Street. They found a pickup in the ditch line with water gushing from underneath. Hohenwald Fire and Rescue, Maury Regional Emergency Medical, Hohenwald Police and City of Hohenwald Water Department personel arrived to find Brady Pace, of Hohenwald, had driven off the roadway in his 1989 Toyota while travelling west on Smith Avenue, and struck a fire hydrant at the intersection with...
A two vehicle crash occurred on Piney Creek Road Monday, March 8 around 4 p.m. The Chevrolet was travelling north and struck the Toyota Hybrid head-on near Charles McClearen Road. THP Trooper Steve Karpati worked the accident....
A single vehicle accident occurred on Thursday, February 25, when Dresden Barnes was driving his 2011 Nissan Sentra northbound on Waynesboro Highway and crossed over into the southbound lane. The vehicle then went into the ditch, struck a tree and rotated before coming to a stop, facing the roadway. State Trooper Tommy Bayless and Sgt. Bosheers responded to the wreck along with Constable David McRight and Sheriff Department Deputy Nick Reeves. Barnes was transported to Maury Regional with...
Tyler Horner had been helping a friend with his pick-up Wednesday, February 17, and was headed back to town around 5 p.m. when he hit a patch of black ice on a bridge over Swan Creek. According to Ternnessee Highway Patrol Trooper Steve Karpati, Horner's 1997 Jeep Cherokee was travelling west on Highway 412 and began to yaw after hitting the ice, causing it to roll. It came to rest upright across the roadway from Ridgetop Road west intersection. Horner, 21, of Hohenwald, had minor injuries....
A single vehicle accident was dispatched around 9:45 p.m. Sunday, January 31 bringing emergency responders from both Lewis and Maury Counties. A Ford F-350 pick-up was found just off Highway 412 East on Overhead Bridge Road. The driver, Andrew Kyle Anderson, 32, of Maury County died in the crash, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Sergeant Bradley Smith. Two passengers in the vehicle were transported by Maury Regional Emergency Medical ambulance for treatment of their injuries. Sgt. Smith sai...
A Lewis County resident on Highway 48 North heard a crash around 5:15 a.m. Saturday, September 19 and called 911. Dominic ‘DJ’ McGee, 22, of Hohenwald was returning home after a week at work in McEwen and regained consciousness to find himself on the shoulder of the highway near the 15 mile marker north of Cane Creek Road. Investigating officer Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Dressler said the motorcycle was a 1997 Kawasaki Vulcan 750. Lewis County Sheriff Deputies Dustin Barber and Dustin Carroll, Lewis County Fire and Rescue, and Maury Reg...
A semi-tractor/trailer loaded log truck belonging to Aubrey Edwards of Taylor Farms overturned off Ridgetop Road hill toward 412 Thursday, August 6, 2020 at approximately 10 a.m. The driver sustained minor injuries. Tennessee Highway Patrol worked the incident assisted by Lewis County Sheriff Deputy Dustin Barber....
Cameron T. Staggs was involved in a single-vehicle accident on July 1, last Wednesday morning. Staggs was traveling West on Highway 20 when he lost control of his vehicle, ran into the opposite ditch, hit a culvert, then struck a tractor parked in front of Beyond Hemp. Trooper Karpati was the responding officer. Maury Regional Emergency Medical Services transported Staggs to Maury Regional to be treated for his injuries....
George Wood, age 23, was involved in a single vehicle accident when he slid off Rackley Road and struck a tree on Wednesday, July 8. Wood was coming down the hill when he lost control of the vehicle, he stated. THP Trooper Hart was the responding officer. There were no injuries....
In last week's "Three car pile-up on the corner of East Linden and North Park," Rebecca Rodgers' vehicle was not involved in the accident, making it an accident between two vehicles. The police report also stated the brakes of Jade McClain's vehicle had failed. The Lewis County Herald apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused....
A report from the Tennessee River Valley News stated a Hohenwald man was killed in a two vehicle motorcycle crash just after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Lawrence County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary report says that a 2008 Toyota driven by Amanda Buie, 45, Waynesboro, had stopped at the intersection of Ethridge Red Hill Road and Red Hill Center Road. According to the report, Buie’s vehicle was facing west. A 2008 Harley Davidson being ridden by Cody Turner, 28, Hohenwald, was reportedly southbound on Red Hill Center R...
